These Boots Are Made for Walking

I have been pretty proud of myself, how I have handled the gigantic losses in my life the last year. I even named it Journey to Joy. But, I can have a bad day or two or three or more!!!! One of the things that have helped me is reaching out to friends. And, just by talking it out and then going over the conversation in my head afterwards, it can help me sort "things" out. Most of all what I have found in this journey to joy is to concentrate on feeling the feels and not avoiding them. How would I normally avoid them? Well, mostly with food. So, I have been watching what I eat and drink. Mostly, drinking water, but with starting a new job I have been drinking a lot of soda. That's not the problem, I am just observing what I am doing. I also started a new job that made three weeks feel like a day. WE ARE THREE weeks into September.....eEEEEKKKKK!!!!! Training for this job has been stressful and some additional unforseen circumstances thrown in and I was not fe...